The moral of the story is to be brave, even to people that may seem bigger than you are. For example, Nagania affected Rikki Tikki when she and her husband “Nag”, tried to get Rikki Tikki off guard.They both hoped to kill him, so that got Rikki Tikki all fired up. Another example of Rikki Tikki getting affected from Nagania would be when Nagaina said to her husband, “he will have to go away, and then the garden will be our own again. So Rikki Tikki got angry, because the two cobras planned to kill him and his new family. The sequence of Rikki Tikki is first, One day, a high summer flood washed him out of the burrow, or a hole or tunnel dug by a small animal, where he lived. Next, , a family took him into their house, and they gave him a …show more content…
Now, both of the snakes are trying to kill him. Last, Rikki Tikki kills nag buy biting him in the head and not letting go, and he kills nagania underground. Rikki Tikki and Nagania are alike because, they both seem to be very smart, “plot wise”. In the story, Rikki Tikki tricked nagania when he told her to look at her one last egg, so the dad could quickly swoop up tommy from nagaina's striking point. Nagania was like Rikki Tikki, when she and her husband, made up a plan for her to sneak up behind him, from the bush and try to kill Rikki Tikki, so therefore, they are both alike “plot wise.” Rikki Tikki, and Nagania are different because, Rikki tikki is always trying to try and help people, in almost any way he can, because he is a caring person that will do almost anything in his power to help a friend. On the other hand, nagaina is always trying to kill Rikki Tikki because, he is the one who crushed all of her eggs and also killed her husband. In conclusion, the moral or theme of this story is to be brave, even to people that may seem bigger and faster than you are, but it is all about the
The story Rikki-tikki-tavi by Rudyard Kipling is about the rivalry between Rikki, a small mongoose and Nag and Nagaina, two king cobras. A giant wave flushes Rikki out from his warm, cozy den and leaves him on the river bank near Teddy’s family’s garden. Rikki is taken in and cared for, by Teddy’s family. While exploring the garden he confronts two king cobras Nag and Nagaina. If Rikki does not kill the snakes, the garden creatures will fall prey to the cobras! This exciting story also became a motion picture movie. The story and the movie are similar in plot but contain some notable differences, including where Rikki finds Teddy in the bath and that Nagaina waits for one of
Rikki-tikki recognizes an almost hidden snake caused by it’s similar color of the ground that he hides upon. Dust snakes have as deadly of a bite as cobras and their small size comes as an advantage, allowing them to turn unexpectedly in any direction. The battle between the mongoose and snake is what begins the trust of Teddy’s father, and makes Rikki-tikki a savior in the family. This scene also leads to the death of the two other snakes, Nag and Nagaina by giving Rikki-tikki the confidence to battle the other snakes. Which allows the critters to feel safe at home.
Rikki camps out in a room and waits for Nag to fall asleep because he was waiting for the morning to strike. Once Nag falls asleep, Rikki-Tikki bites onto him and doesn’t let go. The father hears all of the racket coming for the room and comes in and shoots the snake. The family all wakes up and praises Rikki-Tikki as he once again saved the family. The next morning, he sets off to go and slay Nagaina now. While he is in the process of trying to find Nagaina, he comes upon the two birds again. The guy bird, Segowlee, is loudly singing a song about how Nag is dead. The girl bird, Darzee warned Rikki that Nagaina had many eggs and are close to hatching. So Rikki goes and breaks all of the eggs so they will hatch no more. He then runs to the house and sees what’s going on their. Nagina was inside the house and was close to striking the young boy. Rikki then distracts the snake and the father snatches the boy from the snake. Nagaina then runs off and Rikki chases her. He follows her into a hole and does not come out for a while. Finally, Rikki-Tikki comes out and Nagaina is dead. The author them, bravery, was shown throughout the whole story as Rikki-Tikki risked his life to save
Many things occurred in the book of the story of Rikki Tikki. One problem was that the two King Cobras, Nag and Nagaina, snuck into Darzee, the bird’s, nest then Nag and Nagaina broke the eggs from Darzee’s nest. The next thing that occurs is that Rikki Tikki finally comes along and finally meets Nag and
Rikki Tikki is a brave character in this story.For instance, it was Rikki Tikki vs. Nag and his wife, Nagania, and Rikki struck at Nagania “ He bit indeed…….and didn’t run away.” (para29). This proves that Rikki is brave because he bit Nagania and he wasn’t even afraid of Nagana biting or hurting him.Rikki’s character trait helps make the thesis brave because if he was afraid of everything and didn’t have any courage no one would put brave as their thesis. Also, Rikki’s character traits were found in this quote “Rikki-Tikki did not care to follow them, for he did not feel sure that he could manage two snakes at once.” This quote proves that Rikki is brave because he states that he can take on two snakes if it means protecting his family. This
People think of the snakes as the hero’s and say that Rikki-Tikki is guilty, but, he is not. Many people think he is liable for his actions of killing the snakes and their babies. However, these actions saved the family and the future garden.
Imagine having a little mongoose right by your side all your life to protect you from all of the huge, monstrous cobras. Teddy’s parents were happy that Rikki was able to protect Teddy from Nag and Nagaina.The book form of Rikki Tikki Tavi is written by: Rudyard Kipling. Movies and books of the same kind/title have their own ways of making things, and are almost always different from each other. The book and the movie are different from each other because in the movie, it shows Teddy in the bathtub, when Rikki gets picked up after the flood and the mom said to Teddy that Rikki isn’t really dead instead of the father saying it as in the movie, and finally because when Nagaina went into the hole, Rikki Tikki tried so hard not to go into the hole where as in the book, Rikki didn’t care and just followed into the hole after Nagaina. There are many differences in
Rikki flushed out from his warm and cozy den by the wave which left him on the bank by Teddy’s family’s garden; he faces two king cobras Nag and Nagaina. If he does not kill them his new friends will die. The story Rikki-tikki-tavi by Rudyard Kipling and the book Rikki which with great painstaking care, became a motion picture movie. The story and the movie are similar but there are some differences, some are that Rikki finds Teddy in the bath another is that Nagaina is not wrapped around Teddy’s chair. The similarities happen with, to the characters, the setting, and the conflict.
“Being brave means to know something is scary, difficult, and dangerous, and doing it anyway, because the possibility of winning the fight is worth the chance of losing it.” One of the cobras most threatening. When the cobra feels angry, it spreads out its enormous hood, to scare its predator. features is the hood. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi the book and movie are similar and different in an abundance of ways. The similarities are exact matches, while the differences illustrate the small separations in the story line. The main similarities or differences in the movie and book of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi are how the mother finds Rikki-Tikki-Tavi in the book and the father finds him in the movie, how the mother is
The Indian gray mongoose, and other types of mongooses, are well known for their ability to fight and kill venomous snakes, particularly cobras. Brave Rikki-tikki-tavi is a mongoose who was washed away from his home during a horrible storm. He learns how to survive after this tragedy. There is a book and a movie about the story of the courageous Rikki-tikki-tavi. There are similarities and very minor differences in both the book and the movie of Rikki-tikki-tavi. The three ways that express the similarities and differences of the story of Rikki-tikki-tavi are the characters, the setting, and the conflict.
Rikki-tikki-tavi was willing to risk his life for his family and others around him. Though Rikki Tikki is small animal, that doesn’t mean he can’t do big things that could change and save lives. The love in his heart is too big to be contained, so his love expresses itself by making him courageous and brave for his family. In society people tend to underestimate animals like Rikki but he is a guardian angel watching over the home of his family. Rikki Tikki Tavi is a hero in the story. He killed the cobra snakes to protect his family of birds from the whispers of death.
To begin with, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is a brave mongoose and will do anything to protect his family. For example, the author states, “Tricked! Tricked! Tricked! Rikk-tck-tck!” chuckled Rikki-tikki. “The boy is safe, and it was I—I—I—that caught Nag by the hood last night in the bathroom” (para 96). Rikki risked his life to distract Nagaina by beckoning her away
Nagaina is a character in the short story,”Rikki-tikki-tavi” by Rudyard Kipling. She is an antagonist who married Nag, and just laid snake eggs. Nagaina is a wicked, depressed, caring snake who will do anything for power, revenge, and to protect her eggs. Nagaina is wicked. She is considered to be wicked because she would gladly kill every person in the bungalow and Rikki-Tikki just to be in control.
The central conflict of the story 8was how the brave Rikki and the fearful snakes both wanted to control the garden but for different reasons. Nag and Nagaina wanted the garden to have so their baby snakes would have room to roam. While Rikki wanted to have the garden to protect the family and the good animals of the area. These events led to the action-packed and mysterious battles between the snakes and
In conclusion, Rikki Tikki uses his courage to protect the ones he loves. Nagaina, another character in the story is trying to get revenge for the death of her husband Nag. For instance I strike, and if you do not move, I strike. Oh, foolish people, who killed my Nag (para 84).